January 1, 2010The Medical Journal of Australia

Evidence‐based guidelines for the management of hip fractures in older persons: an update

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Participants aged 50 years or older with proximal femoral fractures not associated with metastatic disease…

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JMJenson MakThe University of Sydney ICIan D. CameronThe University of Sydney LMLyn MarchUniversity of Technology Sydney

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Supports updated hip fracture protocols in older adults; extends prior guidelines with new evidence on surgery, rehab, and prevention.

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Population

Participants aged 50 years or older with proximal femoral fractures not associated with metastatic disease or multiple trauma.

Intervention

Acute-care hospital treatment and rehabilitation for proximal femoral fractures (including time to surgery, thromboprophylaxis, anaesthesia, analgesia, prophylactic antibiotics, surgical fixation, nutritional status, mobilisation, rehabilitation, surgical wound closure, management of postoperative delirium, osteoporosis treatment, and hip protectors).

This guideline update provides current evidence-based recommendations for the acute care and rehabilitation of older adults with hip fractures.

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Mak et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a76e4a5d2fa2470761e80c3 https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03400.x

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Evidence‐based guidelines for the management of hip fractures in older persons: an update

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Evidence‐based guidelines for the management of hip fractures in older persons: an update

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